A newly discovered critical security flaw in legacy D-Link DSL gateway routers has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-0625 (CVSS score: 9.3), concerns a case of command injection in the "dnscfg.cgi" endpoint that arises as a result of improper sanitization of user-supplied DNS configuration parameters. "An unauthenticated remote attacker can inject
In cybersecurity, this vulnerability reinforces the need for AI-powered solutions capable of automating threat detection and remediation for IoT devices. The sector will likely see a surge in demand for AI-driven vulnerability scanners and intrusion detection systems that can identify and block attacks targeting legacy network infrastructure, and be prepared to do so continuously, even in fully automated environments.
Operational impact: Businesses utilizing AI systems dependent on data from D-Link routers, or similar IoT devices, must implement robust security measures to validate data integrity and prevent data poisoning attacks. This requires significant resource allocation for network security monitoring and anomaly detection.